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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1892
Page
4
The market closed strong despite mixed factors including crop report doubts and a London bank suspension. Bulls gain since strong operator entry and favorable May earnings, with bear maneuvers looming. Rival factions watch closely as the corner may be forming amid political and industrial shifts.
The Boston Post announces its Democratic alignment as a daily New England representative paper. Published by Post Publishing Co at No 259 Washington Street with second class matter status and subscription details.
Boston report shows average daily gain in Post circulation for the week ending June 4, 1892 compared to May 28, 1892 amounting to 92,9?9 copies, a weekly rise of 55,794 copies. Memorial Day edition sales contributed significantly to the increase.
After returning from the Pacific coast trip the Aldermen face the loan order with the Mayor's partial reduction and justifications. The public clearly supports the Mayor's stance, and the paper urges the Aldermen to align with popular will when considering the measure today.
Senator Teller approved the silver plank in the Republican platform and Massachusetts Republicans face a bitter dose. Critics say leaders yielded to silver interests, denying a principled candidate like Governor Amzs, while endorsing free coinage rhetoric praised by Teller. The Daily Advertiser urges acceptance of Harrison’s nomination as a platform supplement.
One of the amusing echoes of the Minneapolis convention is the officeholders' disgust with McKinley. The cause is the large vote which he
Reported anger at Governor McKinley over alleged interference with the civil service machine. The piece argues punishment through loss of federal patronage and frames his stance as treachery compared to Blaine. It suggests the civil service plank gains new meaning in light of recent events.
The Suffolk county grand jury report exposes overcrowded unsanitary conditions at the South Boston Hospital Austin Farm and Charlestown Almshouse urging radical reform. City Council should allocate part of the loan cut to fund modern humane public institutions rather than petty municipal projects.
The Massachusetts delegation to the Democratic convention should vote as a unit to back Cleveland and tariff reform. Past Minneapolis and Chicago experiences showed division and weak influence, affected by rival factions. The Democratic forces in Massachusetts must unite, organize on the train if needed, and present a solid, unified vote in favor of platform unity and silver policy repeal.
The 130 federal officeholders sent to the Republican convention as delegates and many others serving as shouters and strikers return to service for Hargison's renomination. The scene shows officeholders influencing the choice more than party members, with public funds paying their wages. The Office holders' Club ran an organized effort through a central agent or spy.
Delegations reporting to headquarters ran a novel scheme to control colored delegates from the South who see service at a Republican convention as profit. The result was a triumph praised by officeholders, yet the people must judge the candidate named by those officeholders and the reform plank endorsing civil service enforcement.
The House will decide today or tomorrow whether to formalize an investigation into the Reading coal combine as urged by the investigating committee. The piece suggests starting with a bill placing coal on the free list but argues the inquiry should not be delayed. It claims strong Republican support for action against trusts.
The Post praises BRADSHAW's The Goddess of Atvatabar as a remarkable imaginative work. Julian Hawthorne and other literary figures commend its vivid characters and sustained fantasy. The tale features exciting action such as an aerial battle with gravity gone, offering readers a novel escape beyond politics.
A Maori member, James Carroll, has joined the New Zealand ministry. Despite a name that sounds Irish, he represents one of four Maori constituencies as a duly elected member. Full blooded Maori members often require interpreters, and the notable long Maori speech was by Sydney Taiwhanga, who spoke for ten hours on a native grievance.
A Detroit Free Press item notes a Cass avenue youth buys a cornet to learn, but his older brother’s frustration grows. The seller’s younger brother jokes about harp lessons as neighbors warn Charley to quit music or risk trouble.
A Maine store keeper displays remarkable versatility with signs listing dry and fancy goods boots shoes groceries grain feed crockery hardware post office justice of the peace conveyancer insurance agent hay scales soda and other drinks cigars fertilizer aristocratic eggs for incubating aristocrats. The text highlights his multiple roles and services along the Maine Central line.
Boston gains a new citizen as John H Grant Jr, a famed newspaper figure, heads to Philadelphia to take an editorial post with the Times. The piece notes Gouverneur Russell’s nickname for a circus pony and mentions Governor Russell and several officials at a ball game and circus.
Ex Congressmen Wait of Norwich is 80 and still practicing law. Cornelius Vanderbilt arrives at Magnolia with twenty servants. Robert Rantoul of St Paul, son of Salem mayor, engaged to Florence Hubbard. Dr Charles Ray Palmer of Bridgeport donates 10000 to Yale in memory of Alfred Barnes Palmer of 1892. General H M Plaisted of Augusta recovering from rheumatism at Poland Springs, discard crutches and cane. Rev C A Plummer named chaplain of Maine State prison by Governor Burleigh. will resign Thomaston church after confirmation.
A niece of Sir John A. Macdonald serves as a nurse in a Washington hospital and earns praise for her profession. Edwin Gould leads Gould affairs in his father and brother's absence while Miss Abby Kirk, daughter of J. Foster Kirk, wins a Bryn Mawr prize. Frances Willard praises bicycle mobility for women and notes stylish Bostonians riding in the streets.
A Boston Commercial piece laments the death of a girl hit by an electric streetcar on Washing ton Street near Pleasant. It urges action against the streetcar company for failing to provide safeguards and questions why authorities allow such deadly incidents to go unchallenged.
A brief notice urges readers to support a charitable fund for Carney's noble work. The piece promotes circulating dime subscription blanks and notes another check from local brewers. It invites others to contribute and share the appeal.
The Post reports the Carney Hospital Fund reaching $360.30 amid two weeks of fundraising. A. Shuman and Rabbi Raphael Lasker praise Carney’s inclusive care, while Hanley & Casey contribute $25 and a patrolman collects $260 from 26 donors. Dime subscription blanks circulate. names will be published. A musician sender donates $1.
Walter G. Grubby encloses two dollars for the Carney Hospital Fund. Addressed from the corner of Allen and Boylston streets, dated June 11.
The Reverend Emory J. Haynes, pastor of the People's Methodist Episcopal Church in Mountview Farm, Poughkeepsie, writes to the Post opposing state aid to hospitals while commending the hospital’s “Christ like work.” He plans to meet subscribers at his home in a week to show his sincerity by offering the paper to his people. Dated June 10, 1892.
Status of the fund lists employees from A Shuman & Co and Ceppe & Co and Lowell's Co. It notes tallies for the Hand Patrol Department and Stephen O'Hare's list and asks to push the lists, with totals shown and a note that 19,393 remains to be heard from.
A list shows subscriptions acknowledged for John O Donnell through A Shuman & Co and Albert G Frothingham, a music teacher, with Walter G Grubby noted. Amounts include 69 dollars in a compact ledger style entry.
A fragment lists multiple subscriptions acknowledged with amounts and names including Denis Higgins Robert C. Wint Bernard M. Wole and Thomas J. Gargan alongside a street address and scattered gibberish. The readable items show five dollar, eleven thousand six hundred and ten dollar subscriptions and a one thousand three hundred twenty three dollar note with initials HROP.
A fragmented OCR style line notes a sequence of repeated tokens centered on 100 values and a final tally of 10,000. The text reads like a numeric and token placeholder record with no clear event, people, or location.
A detailed portrait of Carney Hospital showing a large, well organized domestic machinery. Sister Gonseca leads caretakers across 240 patients and staff while kitchens basements and upper floors blend surgery wards and isolation rooms into a meticulously managed hospital complex.
A Daily News London correspondent reports at Vienna's exhibition where Princess Metternich organized Fridays in the Exhibition Corso from 4 to 6 pm. About two hundred ladies attended in striking outfits, including Countess Kielmmannsegge, Clementine Metternich, Duchess of Cumberland, and Princess Marie of Hanover.
The Providence Journal reports another relay bicycle event in the near future, this time a race from Boston to New York. The piece notes the practical value of cycling and finds ongoing interest in each contest.
The Rhinelander estate clears the site between William and Pearl streets where the Rhinelander sugar house once stood linked to colonial and Revolutionary history. Iron initials B B C and the year 1768 were recovered from the wall after relic hunters stole them. the stone remnants will form the new building’s foundation for a mass structure aimed at high revenue.
Davy Crockett recalled General Jackson as the politest man he had met. At the White House Crockett shared a drink from a demijohn, with Jackson turning his back as Crockett swigged the liquor in true Texan style. Crockett praised Jackson's courtesy as unmatched.
A Paris Herald notice describes a China silk waist for afternoon wear trimmed with Oriental lace and narrow satin-edged ribbon. The plain stylish piece emphasizes light elegance and practicality for mid afternoon attire.
The Boston Post issued a blue Memorial Day edition. The Peabody Reporter notes the OIT held a balloon ascent and last week offered coupons for a free boat ride for children at the Public Garden.
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